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The Professor's Holiday Surprise

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My serious (and seriously hot) college professor has a naughty secret, and I’m his number one fan.

Three times a week, Noah Lowry adjusts his glasses at the front of my Plant Propagation class and half the class swoons. It’s so hard to contain this inappropriate crush on my teacher, and all I want is to be a good girl for him. I mean, a good student.

Once a week, an anonymous cowboy turns on his webcam and invites me into his secret fantasies. It’s the perfect distraction all term, until one night, after everyone else has logged off the livestream, he says something to the camera meant just for my online handle GoodGardenGirl—and I recognize my professor’s voice.

Now I have a shocking secret. I can’t look my teacher in the eye. But…that doesn’t stop me from falling asleep every night, dreaming of the sound of a big, heavy belt buckle opening.

The Professor’s Holiday Surprise is a spicy instalove romance with a plant daddy hero and his favorite off-limits student.

162 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 22, 2024

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Chloe Maine

40 books492 followers
Chloe Maine has written other books before, but none of them as purely id-driven as Before He Was Her Headmaster. She delights in the fantasy of bending big men to the craven desires of supposedly innocent women. When she’s not writing, she’s probably reading. She lives in Canada with her own big man, raising the babies they made together.

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1,681 reviews221 followers
November 25, 2024
4.75 stars

OMG, this was pure dopamine!!!

I didn’t know how much I needed a college professor/student trope (she’s a mature student at 28 years old, which limited the weirdness) and a reverse cam girl situation where HE’S the cam girl and SHE’S his #1 fan! 😂 Plus he teaches Plant Propagation, which is now the only class I will accept for the professor/student trope. 😂😂😂

Noah (Plant Daddy!) and Paisley (Good Garden Girl!) were delightful together from their meet cute, and their chemistry had me giggling and kicking my feet. And then the ridiculously good sexual tension, to the serious hotness when they finally gave in! 🥵 Whew.

Was planning to give this 4.5 stars, but have just talked myself into bumping it up to 4.75 stars.
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533 reviews73 followers
November 24, 2024
Hot, short, sweet and spicy.

🌟 4
🌶️ 4

* professor x mature student (28yo)
* age gap
* spicy
* cowboy agriculture lecturer
* ranch life
* festive novella
* he has a secret OF and she is his biggest fan
* she’s a v 🍒 (somehow)
* d4ddy

Enjoyable short little ride, absolutely recommend.
2,925 reviews30 followers
November 21, 2024
4.25 stars. Paisley, the female lead, has worked hard to be able to attend community college as a mature age student. Noah, the male professor lead, is shocked by, and shockingly attracted to, the young lady he saw dancing in the carpark. He’s sure she must be a student and the attraction can go nowhere, which is confirmed when she’s in his class. Looking for an outlet for his desires, he starts an OnlySantas account.

Paisley, too, has been looking for an outlet for her inappropriate interest in her professor. When she finds a male who catches her interest, she watches. Then she’s shocked to hear his voice and recognise him…

This short story is dual POV, well written, and a sweet and steamy, contemporary, Christmas, student/teacher taboo romance. I enjoyed Paisley’s initiative and her determination to succeed at college. I enjoyed Noah’s respect for Paisley, and his self-control and care for professional propriety. I enjoyed the relationship development, from friends and mentor/mentee to more. I enjoyed the steamy intimate scenes. I enjoyed the careful approach to professional boundaries. I enjoyed the ending.

I received a complimentary copy from the author and this is my voluntary honest review.
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1,711 reviews185 followers
November 24, 2024
Chloe Maine does it again in her 162-page novella. This time, it brings readers a little Christmas cheer in the form of romance between two people who first meet under unique circumstances only to find out later that they know each other and should stay away from each other. Of course, they have a challenging time keeping away from each other. The story has that “Chloe Maine” steam that I love in her books. And since I’m such a scrooge about the holidays, the Christmas cheer on this is not too on your face, and I like that too.
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1,401 reviews229 followers
November 27, 2024
When you meet the perfect person but they’re forbidden >>>>>>

Age gap
Professor/student
Daddy kink
Insta love
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358 reviews17 followers
December 28, 2024
I mean, he’s a cowboy-Santa-plant daddy-turned hot daddy-professor. What’s not to like?! (Breeding kink helped too)
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406 reviews60 followers
September 11, 2025
The main character’s name is PAISLEY. Not offensive just dumb though so 2 stars.
168 reviews
December 2, 2024
s h e l v e s :
age gap (11 yrs, 39/28)
alpha
college
cowboy
instalove
mutual pining
ott
possessive
protective
secret relationship
sits her in his lap
takes care of her
teacher x student
virgin
wife her up

e n d e a r m e n t s :
♥︎ baby
♥︎ little one
♡ Daddy

k i n k s :
be a quiet girl
breeding
daddy
dick on clit
dirty talk
dry humping
exhibition
no condom
office sex
on camera
praise
tss
💦

e n d i n g :
HEA + baby otw


🔥
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484 reviews12 followers
November 20, 2024
I think this might be Chloe Maine's funniest book yet, I legit laughed out loud a couple of times. Also the oldest heroine I've read by her yet (ripe old age of 28 /s) so she's mature but still had this innocence about her that was so endearing.

A timeless tale: the hero was drawn to a woman who turned out to be a student in his class. So he did the honourable thing and channeled all his lust into jerking it to the camera for strangers online. Bless his heart. Of course the heroine was his number 1 fan. I don't hate this cliche. It's a fun sweet smutty Christmas novella. Did some of the story elements not make sense? Sure but the vibes were right. Look, is the premise out there? Yes. Hero jerks it on the site OnlySanta but dresses as a cowboy because his persona is that he's the rodeo champ of the North Pole ??? Don't question it, embrace it.

Thanks to Chloe Maine for the review copy and this is my honest review.
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813 reviews22 followers
December 11, 2024
Book 145 of 2024

Finally! We made it! The whole reason I went down a lot of bunny trails. I started the Cam Crush series because of this book, and I am going to finish the Wildfire Ranch series because of this one. I mean, that’s a lot of connections, especially for a book I am only giving three stars, ha!

I love that this is connected to Chloe Maine’s My First and Only Crush because I was a big fan of Trick Lowry. Now we get to meet his brother, Noah who is a professor at the local college who lives on the family ranch. I mean, hello, look at this combo. We have Paisley, who is a “mature” college student at 28 who meets her professor and hello, insta-love. In this instance, I was okay with the immediate attraction and flirtatious nature since they both wanted to keep their professional boundaries. BUT then we get the connection of our OnlySantas website and BOOM, Paisley knows that every weekend her professor is on the cam and it’s electric. I loved the the build-up between them, but then wanted more – they waited until the semester was over to move forward with a relationship, and then I feel like it was over. There was one night, a marriage proposal, a flash forward epilogue and boom, it was all over. In that sense I was seriously lacking and wanted more, especially since this was short. The best news was at the end we learned that @ChloeMaine is writing two more books, one for each of the other brothers. Hello, I will absolutely be reading those. I mean, how can I not with these impressively hot Lowery men? Ha!

Rating – two and half stars
Format – kindle unlimited
643 reviews4 followers
February 3, 2025
Soooo good!!! What a sweet and dirty professor and mature student, age gap, instalove, Cowboy romance. These two are so totally adorable (and hot!) together. Noah is a cowboy/professor of horticulture. Paisley dropped out of college 10 years ago and has finally gotten up the cash and guts to finish her degree at 28…she gets out of her car on the first day of school, over an hour early for her first class and does a celebratory little dance in the parking lot…where Noah first sees her through the window of his office…and falls hard.😍 She literally walks into his hard chiseled chest (covered in a t-shirt that says “ Everything I Know About Sexual Plant Reproduction I Learned at Climax Springs Community College”🥰) and falls hard herself…until they meet again a few minutes later…in her first class. They both realize is forbidden right away…and neither realizes the other is interested…until….
Noah all of a sudden cannot stand it, ever since he met the young beauty Paisley he is so horny all the time…and he likes to edge himself…he hears through the grapevine about a site called “onlysantas” and signs up for an account…just to look…But ends up having a weekly live (anonymous-nobody can see his face) sex-cast where he tries to get out his frustration at not being able to have the one he wants…
Paisley hears about the sight and has been watching a cowboy…every week… imagining it’s her professor…
They get almost to the end of the semester before Noah slips and says her name online during one of his shows…
Will they succumb to their desires or hold back because of their student/teacher relationship?
Read it and find out!!! Definitely another win for Chloe Maine!
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169 reviews13 followers
November 20, 2024
Another quick, five star read from Chloe Maine. I don’t know how many times I can say “no one does Daddy like Chloe Maine does” (the limit does not exist)

This novella is part of the “OnlySantas” series (think OnlyF@ns, but … Santas?). I KNOW I’m going to have to go and read the other books from the other authors now because I loved this idea!

Noah is the brother of Trick from “My First and Only Crush” (please lord give us more Lowry brother books 🤞🏼) and a professor st the local college. Paisley is his student (a return to college at 28). There’s an instant attraction but Noah is an ethical man so since his student is off limits, he does the only logical thing - start an OnlySantas account to ✨let off some steam✨

Of course by some stroke of fate, Paisley is his accounts biggest fan although neither knows who the other is… well, until they do!

You know I love a good cam girl (or in this case, Cam Santa) book and this one hit all the marks!!

✨ professor
🎄 Plant Daddy
🎅🏼 Daddy
✨ Cowboy
🎄 Christmas
🎅🏼 Cam Santa

Story: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️/5
14 reviews
November 21, 2024
Chloe Maine has done it again, another great Insta love daddy romance with a holiday twist.

Chloe always writes good age gap reads and this was no different. The age gap wasn’t as large as some of her other reads with the heroine being 28 but she still managed to ensure the heroine had a sweetness and innocence to her.

The book starts with a meet cute between the two main characters and the Insta attraction/love is there. They later realise that the heroine is a student who finds out that she subscribed to the santa’s equivalent of OnlyFans. It’s far fetched, cliched and everything I love in a Insta love read.

Chloe managed to incorporate the holiday season in the read and the breeding in it is chefs kiss. Would recommend this for the holidays
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
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122 reviews4 followers
November 25, 2024
This is a quick and very enjoyable read.
Paisley is a mature student and Noah is her teacher but she also knows him as Cowboy Santa on a
OnlySanta website.
From the first time they see each other and are attracted to each other. Noah so much that
he calls out her name as he pleasures himself on this website.
They have to watch to be together until the term has ended and when that happens WOW!!
For anyone that enjoys Dadddy stories they one is for you.
Thanks Chloe and can't wait for your next one.
4,624 reviews
December 4, 2024
-Student/Professor
-Forbidden
-Age difference
-Cam boy/plant Daddy
#1 fan

This was a fun OTT novella that was steamy and easy to read.
There's a meet cute between the main characters before they find out they're student and professor, so they look for ways to stay away from each other. I loved that their outlets for their attraction actually brought them together.

I was given a free copy of this book and I'm voluntarily leaving an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
487 reviews4 followers
August 14, 2025
I’ve read most of the other Christmas cam books and I loved this one too, but it was pleasantly different. Noah did it just for fun and wasn’t super popular on the channel. But it stilled played a steamy part in their relationship. Paisley is an older student so the age gap isn’t as wide, although I enjoy all kinds of age gaps. But I also loved how these two met before they realized they were student and teacher and were able to keep it to yearning……almost to the very end. But how they went about their relationship was really great. These two were wonderful and yes, still full of steam.
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1,507 reviews107 followers
August 16, 2025
Hot for teacher.

This was a great little story and I liked that the hero was the one on the cam. I feel like I’ve mostly seen stories where the heroine is on cam so it’s an interesting switch up.

I liked the moments they figured out the other persons online identity and that it pushed Noah to express his real feelings for her. That’s when it really picked up for me.

If you have a “daddy” thing, then you’ll enjoy the spicy scenes as well.

Firmly getting placed on the reread shelf.
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154 reviews1 follower
January 3, 2025
Solid 3. FMC was funny and cute. MMC was a certified dirty talking Daddy. I just wish that the book was a liiiiitle longer so we could explore more about the characters like why was Noah in therapy and homeless at some point? And why did Paisley move around so much?
Another thing I didn’t like was the virgin FMC trope with this one, it felt really gratuitous and not realistic being that she was 28 (this I was happy about although she seemed a little immature/naïve for her age).
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14 reviews1 follower
April 12, 2025
It was okay. It was the first smut book i have read that has a cam show storyline. I also felt like this book was very linear. I wanted to see a little more smut and passion in this than what was there. With that being said, what was written was good. I do still plan on ready the other books about the bothers who live on the ranch and maybe even the rest of the Santa/sam show book that are connected to this one.
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586 reviews7 followers
November 22, 2024
Fantastic story - short, steamy and Christmasy. The perfect combination.

One of my favorite quote segments is in Paisley's point of view:
"I've waited for you so long, baby. Didn't know I was waiting for you until you danced into my life."
Maybe this is why dating never worked out for me before.
I was Noah's all along.

I reviewed an ARC copy of this book.
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2,196 reviews24 followers
November 29, 2024
I do enjoy bedtime stories

Even though it had the "call me daddy" stuff, I still enjoyed this story. Can't really figure out the so called "daddy" stuff. They are not roll playing, nor is she showing signs of being a little, so it really makes no sense to me. Just wondering. Has me scratching my head a bit. Now the rest of it I got and even found hot. Pleasant dreams.
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176 reviews1 follower
December 3, 2024
For a novella it’s amazing how much depth of feeling, romance and most of all excellent spice was packed into it.

This was such a satisfying happy read and I absolutely loved it. The way the age gap and student/ professor tropes were done is also masterful and it ends up not being problematic at all.

I love this author’s work under any snd all alter egos she uses for her stories.
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1,569 reviews
December 6, 2024
Santa brings presents early! Mix one older cowboy/college professor, one college student and a sexy Santa Cam and you get fireworks! Neither will admit their attraction to each other, until the sexy cowboy on the Santa Cam slips up and utters her name. Their insta love romance that will leave you wanted your own cowboy daddy!
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408 reviews2 followers
December 12, 2024
Quick and easy install love

4.5 stars
I want more. The couple and the theme were so easy to read
I loved the instant connection between them. I would have loved to read more around afterwards and around the brothers. I did read the bonus epilogue, and this was 10 years into the future, which was a good addition
996 reviews36 followers
February 4, 2025
This is a sweet and sexy read. I enjoyed meeting Noah and Paisley. The two make a cute couple and it was nice to see their relationship take shape. It would be nice to have more back story to Noah and Paisley. I felt that there were some things that were glossed over from their pasts. Their story moves quickly and has a nice mix of emotions and laughs.
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1,692 reviews11 followers
March 17, 2025
Paisley and Noah

I've been meaning to read this for a while now but I'm a mood reader so it had to wait, lol. Paisley and Noah are cute together. They were plant nerds and that was just adorable. I liked them together. The story is quick and mildly steamy. I really want to read Drew's story now.
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117 reviews
November 19, 2025
I read this as my 3rd cam show book and 1st Lowry book and it’s a great element of each series. I like Noah Lowry and his passion for plants and mature students. Though he is her prof, the teacher/student trope isn’t in this story. I would classify this as more of a romance with lots of brewing tension. Didn’t see the ending coming!
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4,528 reviews92 followers
November 21, 2024
These two denied themselves for way too long! But that only made the show we got to experience with them all the hotter. Our cowboy Santa has a few cracks in his restraint, and our girl knows just how to exploit them 😉
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